Dead Sea Images

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Dead Sea

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A cargo boat on the Dead Sea as seen on the Madaba Map, from the 6th century AD (Source)

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Views in 1972, 1989, and 2011 compared[74] (Source)

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Gully in unconsolidated Dead Sea sediments exposed by recession of water levels. It was excavated by floods from the Judean Mountains in less than a year. (Source)

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Kempinski Hotel, one of the many hotels on the Jordanian shore (Source)

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Ein Bokek, a resort on the Israeli shore (Source)

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World's lowest (dry) point, Jordan, 1971 (Source)

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The southern basin of the Dead Sea as of 181718, with the Lisan Peninsula and its ford (now named Lynch Strait). North is to the right. (Source)

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Mount Sodom, Israel, showing the so-called "Lot's Wife" pillar (made of halite like the rest of the mountain) (Source)

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Dead Sea in the morning, seen from Masada (Source)

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Beach pebbles made of halite; western coast (Source)

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Pebbles cemented with halite on the western shore of the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi (Source)

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Halite deposits (and teepee structure) along the western Dead Sea coast (Source)

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NASA photo showing depth of the Dead Sea basin (slightly below center). The Mediterranean Sea is on the right, with the Suez Canal visible connecting it to the Red Sea on left (slightly above center). (Source)

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The Jordanian shore of the Dead Sea, showing salt deposits left behind by falling water levels (Source)

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Satellite photograph, showing the location of the Dead Sea east of the Mediterranean Sea (Source)